Pictures of your pooch!

[Hedrock]

We got another snow this week... . Here is a couple pics of our Abominable snow Bichon... Pinky

[Lotrat]

Damn that's scary!

[CopperBaja]

Is Pinky making yellow snow?

[Hedrock]

She likes to go out and run the fence line to chase "bad guys". As you can see in the second pic she came upon a pretty deep (for her) drift. She thought about it and then... ran right through it .

[dustymojave]

I've thought about posting pictures of my 4 legged family members ever since the thread started. I suppose it's way overdue now. The tough part is picking out the pics I want to post.

This is on an offroad excursion back in the 70s. Me with Duke on the summit of Mt. Pinos, CA.



I have no digital pics of my mutt Chip, who would always fetch the dishes for all of the dogs for me to fix their dinner. Or of lovable Ol' Teddy, the golden retriever. He loved it when it snowed.

This one is Goof. When a healthy adult, he weighed 135 lbs. Unknown breed of massive mutt. He liked to rest his chin on the edge of the dinner table, even though he KNEW he was going to get n trouble for it. I tell my son that Goof was his twin brother. They were born the same week. This photo was taken after Goof had developed Diabetes, lost weight to 70lbs and gone blind. He survived for 4 years receiving insulin shots 2x a day.



This one is Ginger. Unknown mutt...maybe part golden retriever. Real sweetheart of a dog.



Clyde is part Border Collie, part Cattle Dog, and mostly Australian Kelpie. Complete with my old race buggy in the background.



Clyde and Ginger's pups:



Chica, Morena and Maria. (3 of the litter of 10).
All of these have moved on to other homes. Chica stayed with us for several years, but Animal Control said we had too many dogs, and when Chica got out and caught, they wouldn't let us have her back. She was the runt and the house Princess. Clyde and Ginger would send her to the corner of the patio to protect her while all the others went to bark at passersby. Never saw that sort of behavior with any other animals. Morena was a good lovable dog, who wound up staying while the woman who had asked for her had her pool rebuilt. She then had puppies with the neighbor's dog being the dad. Maria had a huge amount of personality. She didn't bark much, but she "talked" a lot. All sorts of noises came out of her mouth which she strung into series of sounds like sentences. She ALWAYS had to have the last word whether she was conversing with us or another dog or a raven.

Morena's pups were taken care of by Aunt Chica. She played with them, herded them around the yard, broke up fights, made sure they were all accounted for when it was time to bring them in, and cuddled with them





She was heartbroken each time one went to a new home.

This is the newest member of the family. Minnie...A Long-Haired Chihuahua. Seen here with Clyde on a desert outing at Cal City.





She showed up in our back yard on the 4th of July in 07 and nobody claimed her, although we posted signs all over town and notified Animal Control. I generally dislike small dogs, especially pure-bred ones. But this one is very different. The other dogs welcomed her into the yard, never barking at her. She fit in as if she lived with us her whole life.

[BajaPete69]

This is my Buffy. Chow and German Shepard mix.





She wasn't in the mood to have her pic taken in that one.

[eacook1]

My Desert Dogs!

[dustymojave]

Where's the cream cheese for those bagels?

[namelesswonder]

With any luck, I'll be posting up a picture of my favorite dog ever, Dolly. She was my grandparents' dog. They had two black labs before her, Princess and Blacky (so original I know, Blacky was Princess' son). Princess was sweet and regal, Blacky never grew up, but he always listened to my grandpa. Dolly, I forget the story of her name, she was a german shepard mutt...probably part Newfoundland considering the amazingly matted hair she had. Guests were always terrified of her for her size and her bark, but she was incredibly sweet. Her greatest adversaries were the tires on my grandfather's log cart (she liked to bark and bite at them whenever someone was moving logs) and the hip problems that many large dogs suffer from.

Dolly died several years back, after my grandfather's death 10 years ago I believe. She is exactly the kind of dog I would like someday (except maybe less hair). The picture will include an 8-10 yr old me...pretty sure it was pre 5th grade, but I'm not sure! I hope my mom pulls through with the scanner =)

[dezertdiablo]

New Puppy I am picking up on Friday - Diego. Hes 5 weeks here, but is 8 weeks now... Can't wait
He is Diesel's brother from a different litter - same parents so I know he will be a great dog. He is almost an exact copy of Diesel.

[fusername]

now thats a puppy. I remember when an aunt got a pug puppy. absolutly miniscule ball of wheezing wrinkles. Spiky little thing, but it sure loved the attention!

[Sneaks]

I love brindle dogs, he's adorable.

[dezertdiablo]

He aint no pug... hes a boxer... I guess the short nose can be deceving haha

[eacook1]

Where's the cream cheese for those bagels?

They ate the cream cheese, along with a few hotdogs, a sandwich, a bag of chips, and whatever else they could get into! I loved those dogs but would not recommend a beagle to anyone!

[dustymojave]

Evan, I grew up with a dog named "Angel". She was Beagle and Dachshund. Beagle with short legs! And an awesome personality. She never dug in our yard...But get her out to the desert or the mountains and she became a furious power shovel! Ground squirrels were a favorite pastime. And she was funnier than Hell chasing jackrabbits that towered over her. We always joked about 'if she ever caught a rabbit...it'd beat the crap outta her'! She passed away at almost 19 years old of liver cancer which had 1st been diagnosed when she was 7.